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<h1>About grouping and sorting data in a document</h1>
<p>Document designers can specify how the data in a document are sorted, 
 and how it is organized, or grouped, for document analysts.</p>
<p>Grouping the data in a document sets up a type of hierarchy within the 
 document, and an inherent or implied sort order for the data in the document. 
 A document's data is sorted according to its groupings; however, you can 
 also control how it is sorted beyond that. See the grouping section of 
 a document in the image below. </p>
<p>&nbsp;<img src="images/Grouping_data.gif" width="628px" height="226px" border="0" class="img_whs1"> </p>
<p>You can also use page-by to interactively display groups on separate 
 pages in 
<a href="Interactive_Mode.htm">Interactive Mode</a> and the exported 
 PDF version of the document. It allows a user to dynamically select elements 
 of a grouping field as criteria for analysis. </p>
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<a HREF="Using_pageby_on_a_document.htm">Using page-by 
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